While we're on the subject of bittorrent, weblog TorrentFreak has posted a relatively simple step-by-step tutorial for remotely downloading torrents to a Mac.

All you'll need is a chat client (iChat or Adium) and your favorite bittorrent client. The author sets up a torrent-only IM account that automatically accepts file transfers only from his contact list, then configures his bittorrent client to watch the transfer folder for new .torrent files. This is an interesting idea, and is certainly a simple alternative to some slightly more complicated methods of remote bittorrent downloads. My only problem is that I've found chat apps notoriously unreliable for file transfers, but maybe those are my own demons. — Adam Pash